FYI,<br><br>Ching-In<br><h1 align="center">From the Fields to the Stars</h1>
<p align="center"><span class="style1"><strong>April 24th, Friday</strong></span> – <em>Free to the public</em></p>
<p align="center"><em>University of California – Riverside</em><br>
<strong><em>CHASS INTERDISCIPLINARY BLDG. # 1020</em></strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong>Day Program 8am-4:15pm, Evening Program 6:00-10:00pm</strong></p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://creativewriting.ucr.edu/TomasRiveraConference/images/image004.png" alt="Ligiah Villalobos" width="221" height="273"><br>
<em class="note">Featured Speaker: Ligiah Villallobos. Photo by Jilly Wendell ©</em></p>
<p><span class="style1">PLEASE RESIGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE: LIMITED SEATING</span></p>
<p><em>Escorts will be provided at CHASS INT LAWN at 11:30 to take you to the </em><strong>Tomás
Rivera Library Special Collections Floor to see the newly acquired
Tomás Rivera Flor y Canto Archives with Photographer Michael Sedano </strong><em>and at 12:45 to take you to Humanities #1500 for <strong>TV and Film Writing Workshops with Hollywood Screen Writer Ligiah Villalobos</strong></em><em>.</em></p>
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<p class="note" align="center"><em>The
conference is funded and coordinated by UCR Tomás Rivera
Endowment/Department of Creative Writing and co-sponsored by UCR
Chicano Student Programs, the Tomás Rivera Library – and Special
Collections, CHASS First, Department of Theatre, Palm Desert Graduate
Center, Riverside City College-Academic Support Program and the
Inlandia Institute of Riverside. </em></p>
<p class="note" align="center"><em>The
Conference was planned with the hard work and creative assistance of
the Tomás Rivera Committee. Many thanks to Creative Writing Department
Chair, Chuck Whitney and Acting Chair, Maurya Simon and faculty and
staff, in particulay, our MSO, Yvonne Howard and Administrative
Assistant, Tiffany Long. Our MFA Grads and Creative Writing Majors,
thank you so much for serving as assistants and escorts. Photo
documentation by Michael J. Elderman.</em></p>
<p class="note" align="center"><em>For their generous support, we thank Mrs. Concha Rivera, Chancellor Tim White and Dean Cullenberg</em>.</p><br>-- <br>~~~~~<br>Ching-In Chen<br>THE HEART'S TRAFFIC (Arktoi Books/Red Hen Press 2009)<br>
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